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Who wants to bet that the free game will be limited to 2+ year old titles? And still no acknowledgment for the people that either don't care to play online or

Who wants to bet that the free game will be limited to 2+ year old titles? And still no acknowledgment for the people that either don't care to play online or can't maintain a stable internet connection. Want to play while travelling? Want to play while in the military & deployed? Fuck you!

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rdl 14y ago
Doubtful, since most of the EA games I see on origin are either old or are "buy the game cheap, buy lots of expensive expansion packs" model. Giving SimCity buyers who bought on pre-order or release day a copy of Battlefield or The Sims is probably a great economic choice for Maxis/EA; they're the same people who will likely buy lots of expansions. The exception is what, Mass Effect (old now)? I guess there's Far Cry 3 and Assassins's Creed III (although AC has expansions and the Season Pass model, too)?
- yohui 14y ago
  > Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed III Could EA give away Ubisoft title? I expect they'd have to pay Ubisoft for each redemption if they did.
  - rdl 14y ago
    Oops; I was assuming all the games on Origin were EA-owned-studios. They probably will only allow EA studio games. The Sims is the obvious one; if they give away Sims base games to everyone who bought SimCity, they'll probably see something like $30/user lifetime purchases.
newbie12 14y ago
Don't forget us rural folk on satellite broadband! We're screwed too.
- rdl 14y ago
  It doesn't seem to actually use much bandwidth.
  - sesqu 14y ago
    It uses low broadband levels of bandwidth, from what I've heard. So it's pretty iffy for a lot of people.
dclowd9901 14y ago
$100 says its Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012). Just new enough to not feel like a cheap jab, but not so new it hurts them in any way.
res0nat0r 14y ago
Why would you buy a game you know before hand must be played online if you don't have a good Internet connection or would want to play while in an airplane? You shouldn't be mad at EA you should pissed at yourself for letting that happen.
- mikeash 14y ago
  How clearly is this advertised? I poked around online on stores that sell it and saw no mention that an Internet connection is required to play. It's not even mentioned in the system requirements.

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rdl 14y ago

Doubtful, since most of the EA games I see on origin are either old or are "buy the game cheap, buy lots of expensive expansion packs" model. Giving SimCity buyers who bought on pre-order or release day a copy of Battlefield or The Sims is probably a great economic choice for Maxis/EA; they're the same people who will likely buy lots of expansions. The exception is what, Mass Effect (old now)? I guess there's Far Cry 3 and Assassins's Creed III (although AC has expansions and the Season Pass model, too)?

yohui 14y ago
> Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed III Could EA give away Ubisoft title? I expect they'd have to pay Ubisoft for each redemption if they did.
- rdl 14y ago
  Oops; I was assuming all the games on Origin were EA-owned-studios. They probably will only allow EA studio games. The Sims is the obvious one; if they give away Sims base games to everyone who bought SimCity, they'll probably see something like $30/user lifetime purchases.

newbie12 14y ago

Don't forget us rural folk on satellite broadband! We're screwed too.

rdl 14y ago
It doesn't seem to actually use much bandwidth.
- sesqu 14y ago
  It uses low broadband levels of bandwidth, from what I've heard. So it's pretty iffy for a lot of people.

dclowd9901 14y ago

$100 says its Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012). Just new enough to not feel like a cheap jab, but not so new it hurts them in any way.

res0nat0r 14y ago

Why would you buy a game you know before hand must be played online if you don't have a good Internet connection or would want to play while in an airplane? You shouldn't be mad at EA you should pissed at yourself for letting that happen.

mikeash 14y ago
How clearly is this advertised? I poked around online on stores that sell it and saw no mention that an Internet connection is required to play. It's not even mentioned in the system requirements.